GB2552331B - Improvements relating to robotic lawnmowers - Google Patents

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Publication number: GB2552331B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: improvements relating; robotic lawnmowers; lawnmowers; robotic; relating
Prior art date: 2016-07-18
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GB1612433.1A

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Zaslavsky Ran

Shraga Eli

Egozi Naor

Levin Shalom

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F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd

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F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd

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2016-07-18

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2020-02-05

2016-07-18 Application filed by F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd filed Critical F Robotics Acquisitions Ltd

2016-07-18 Priority to GB1612433.1A priority Critical patent/GB2552331B/en

2016-08-31 Publication of GB201612433D0 publication Critical patent/GB201612433D0/en

2017-07-18 Priority to EP17754484.8A priority patent/EP3484266B1/en

2017-07-18 Priority to US16/318,764 priority patent/US11172606B2/en

2017-07-18 Priority to PCT/IB2017/054340 priority patent/WO2018015887A2/en

2018-01-24 Publication of GB2552331A publication Critical patent/GB2552331A/en

2020-02-05 Application granted granted Critical

2020-02-05 Publication of GB2552331B publication Critical patent/GB2552331B/en

2021-11-15 Priority to US17/526,285 priority patent/US11589504B2/en

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2036-07-18 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
- A01D34/00—Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters
- A01D34/001—Accessories not otherwise provided for
- A01D34/003—Means for cleaning the machine
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
- A01D34/00—Mowers; Mowing apparatus of harvesters
- A01D34/006—Control or measuring arrangements
- A01D34/008—Control or measuring arrangements for automated or remotely controlled operation
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
- A01D2101/00—Lawn-mowers

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB1612433.1A GB2552331B (en)	2016-07-18	2016-07-18	Improvements relating to robotic lawnmowers
EP17754484.8A EP3484266B1 (en)	2016-07-18	2017-07-18	Improvements relating to lawnmowers and in particular robotic lawnmowers
US16/318,764 US11172606B2 (en)	2016-07-18	2017-07-18	Robotic lawnmower with passive cleaning assembly
PCT/IB2017/054340 WO2018015887A2 (en)	2016-07-18	2017-07-18	Improvements relating to lawnmowers and in particular robotic lawnmowers
US17/526,285 US11589504B2 (en)	2016-07-18	2021-11-15	Robotic lawnmower with passive cleaning assembly

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GB1612433.1A GB2552331B (en)	2016-07-18	2016-07-18	Improvements relating to robotic lawnmowers

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GB2552331A GB2552331A (en)	2018-01-24
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EP (1)	EP3484266B1 (en)
GB (1)	GB2552331B (en)
WO (1)	WO2018015887A2 (en)

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